NEWARK — A 29-year-old Newark man was shot and killed in the city's West Ward early today, authorities said.

Suton R. Jones was shot near South Orange Avenue and South 10th Street around 4:40 a.m., and died about 30 minutes later at University Hospital in the city, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray.

Murray did not comment on a motive or a suspect in the slaying. Essex Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly said investigators are looking into the possibility that Jones was targeted.

It was the second shooting on South Orange Avenue in eight hours. A 29-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, was also shot there around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. That victim was expected to survive.